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| Author(s): |
Larissa Prado da Cruz
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2012-10-08 |
| Examining board members: |
Carlos Alberto Labate;
Helaine Carrer;
Marcelo de Almeida Silva
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| Advisor: | Carlos Alberto Labate |
| Abstract | |
Great efforts have been put into sugarcane breeding programs in order to develop new varieties with increased sucrose yield and content. The steps of sucrose metabolism have been focus of research for a long time, but only recently have researchers sought to understand the processes of transport and accumulation of sucrose in sugarcane stem. The objective of this study is characterize the proteome of mature (internode 9) and immature (internode 5) internodes in two genotypes of sugarcane (Co 740 and SP 80-3280), both 12 months old, focusing on the identification of proteins related to the processes of transport and accumulation of sucrose. The height, stem diameter, leaf area, internode moisture, gas exchange, plant water potential and maturation index were all recorded at the time the plant material was collected. The quantification of sugars glucose, fructose and sucrose was performed by liquid chromatography and showed no difference in carbohydrates accumulation between the two varieties. Nevertheless, we observed differences between the mature and immature internodes, indicating that the internode considered immature was actively accumulating sucrose. The protein profile, produced by 2D-PAGE, showed 87 and 85 differentially expressed proteins in internodes 5 and 9, respectively. In immature internodes 12 proteins were identified as being preferentially expressed in each of the varieties and in the mature internodes 11 and 16 proteins were identified as preferentially expressed in Co 740 and SP 80- 3280, respectively. Total proteins of the two internodes of two varieties were separated and identified by UPLC coupled to a mass spectrometer LC-MS/MS using the SUCEST database. The characterization of the internodes proteome was further complemented by evaluating cellular localization, function and molecular biological processes to which all identified proteins belong. Altogether, 1,493 proteins were identified, located in 19 cellular components, with 20 different metabolic functions, operating in 24 biological processes and involving 84 metabolic pathways. Of this total, 71 have been classified as being involved in carbohydrate metabolism and are distributed in 21 metabolic pathways, according to the KEGG database. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/03211-4 - Proteome characterization of mature and immature sugarcane internode from segregating genotypes in contents of sucrose |
| Grantee: | Larissa Prado da Cruz |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |